Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Alternative combination: Turritella nova
Full reference: J. O. Nomland. 1916. Fauna from the lower Pliocene at Jacalitos Creek and Waltham Canyon, Fresno County, California. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geology 9(14):199-214
Belongs to Turritella cooperi according to C. W. Merriam 1941
See also Grant, IV and Gale 1931 and Nomland 1916
Sister taxon: Turritella cooperi fernandoensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is UCMP loc2533, which is in a Pliocene marginal marine sandstone/conglomerate in the Jacalitos Formation of California.
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (6: California collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence